Rome
English
/ɹəʊm/, /ɹum/, /ɹoʊm/
proper noun
Definitions
- (metonym) The Italian government.
- Ancient Rome; the former Roman Empire; Roman civilization.
- The Holy See, the leadership of the Roman Catholic Church, particularly prior to the establishment of the Vatican City in the 19th century.
- The Church of Rome, the Roman Catholic Church generally.
- (metropolitan city in Lazio).
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English Rome inherited from Old English Rōm inherited from Proto-Germanic *Rūmō derived from Latin Rōma (Rome), Rōma (Rome) derived from Old French Rome.
Origin
Old French
Rome
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- New Rome English
- Romes English
- Romescot English
- Romeward English
- Romewards English
- Romic English
- Romish English
- Romist English
- new English
- scot English
- Nova Roma Latin
- Rōma Latin
- romanus Latin
- Roma Italian
- Rome French
- Roma Spanish, Castilian
- Ῥώμη Ancient Greek
- *Rūmō Proto-Germanic
- Rom Old English
- Romfeoh Old English
- Rōm Old English
- *Romish Middle English
- Rome Middle English
- Rome-scot Middle English
- الروم Arabic
- Rome Old French
- Roma Catalan, Valencian
- रोम Hindi
- Roma Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- โรม Thai
- Roma Latvian
- Rum Turkish
- Róm Old Irish
- 𐍂𐌿𐌼𐌰 Gothic
- Roma Old Portuguese
- *Rōma Frankish
- Roma Lithuanian
- ரோம் Tamil